Press Releases

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) welcomes the release of the Central African Minister of Youth and Sports, Armel Ningatoloum Sayo, which occurred on the evening of Tuesday 10 February 2015. This positive outcome is the…

09 February 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is facilitating a meeting of Libyan political dialogue to end the country’s political and security crisis. The meeting will take place in Libya later this week. The specific venue and exact timing of this round are subject to…

Security Council, 70th year : 7377th meeting, Friday, 6 February 2015, New York

New York, U.S.A. Wednesday, 4 February 2015 Members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the killing of a UNIFIL Spanish peacekeeper which occurred in the context of fire exchanges along the Blue Line on 28 January 2015.The Members of the Security Council expressed their deepest…

Click here to read the statement issued about this meeting on 20 January 2015, which includes the concluding statement.

Tripoli, Lebanon Tuesday, 03 February 2015 I came to Tripoli as one of my first visits outside Beirut. As you know I started two and half weeks ago. So I am very much here to listen, to learn but also to see with my own eyes and speak with the Governor, the Mayor of the Municipality, the Mufti of…

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- On 28-30 January, SRSG Jenca visited Brussels for consultations with the European Union. On this occasion he was invited to brief the Council’s Political and Security Committee (PSC) on recent political and security developments in Central Asia and exchanged views with PSC…

I met with the Prime Minister in follow up to the events of recent days and given our close contacts. I expressed my appreciation for the Prime Minister’s clearly expressed commitment to Security Council resolution 1701 and the importance of safeguarding Lebanon’s security and stability. I…

29 January 2015 - Participants in the UN-facilitated Libyan political dialogue have discussed during their meeting in Geneva this week the venue for holding the future talks. There was agreement on the principle of convening future dialogue sessions in Libya, provided that logistical and security…